Mike Glennon Gets The Game Ball

So the hapless Buccaneers, those who fell 56-14 last week against a not great Falcons team, came back and defeated the Steelers, in Pittsburgh, a week after the Steelers routed the Panthers. The big difference between the first 3 games and this one for the Bucs? Mike Glennon was the starter, not McCown. The answer seems pretty obvious to me at this point: Start Glennon. Glennon showed some ability last season despite the toxicity around him. The Bucs got fleeced by Josh McCown last year, who played very well on a Bears team who had a much better offensive mind at the helm and two of the best weapons in the game, and a good O-line. McCown got a ton of money from Lovie to be the man in Tampa, and I’m pretty sure most people outside Tampa viewed this as the dumb move it’s turning out to be. Lovie is a good D guy, but he’s old, and he’s never once picked a quality O-coordinator to help him out. Even with VJax and Mike Evans, it didn’t look smart. Glennon probably isn’t the future, but he’s younger with more upside at this point then McCown. It feels like a similar situation to the Bills in a way, take the shaky 2nd year QB with potential or throw in the shaky experienced Veteran. The Bills started on one end and are now going with the old guy far past his prime, and Tampa might be headed the other way.

At least if Glennon keeps the job. Lovie seems very committed to McCown. If McCown gets the job back despite Glennon being the better option (imo) then I think the Bucs are tanking for Mariota or Winston. Winston would make a lot of sense, wouldn’t it?

I also didn’t understand why the Bucs wouldn’t start Mike Glennon after the moderate success he had last year. I do however think that Jameis Winston will not be a good NFL QB. Right now he is dominating college because of his superior skill. But at the next level everybody has about the same skill. It’s the guys who make smart decisions and work hard that let them rise above. Jameis Winston has proven countless times that he is an idiot. He continues to make selfish decisions that hurt the team and therefore I don’t think he’ll be a good next level guy.

McCown was really solid for the Bears last year, though I think the people pulling to keep him in even when the Don’t Care Bear were crazy. I guess it makes sense that maybe McCown was a career backup for a reason. I didn’t think he would be THIS bad in Tampa, but he was definitely overpaid. I would stick with Glennon, so if nothing else you find out what you have. Though it might also kill any small trade value he had by exposing him. Remember when people were suggesting Kirk Cousins would garner a 1st round pick in trade? LOLz!

Agree with Justin – Jameis isn’t going to be anything special in the NFL. I’d much rather stake my franchise on Mariota.

If you think Mariota will make a better NFL QB than Winston, you really haven’t been paying attention. Winston runs an NFL offense completely based on his pre-snap reads, his adjustment of protections, his audibles, and his progressions. Mariota runs a Chip Kelly style offense that requires much less of the QB and doesn’t prepare him nearly as well for what almost every single NFL team requires of him.

And most of the folks calling Winston an idiot have never analyzed his game. If he didn’t make good decisions, that offense wouldn’t work because he’s carried it since his first game.

In game decision making is completely different from every day maturity, despite what the echo chamber of the national media likes to run with as a narrative.

My working theory is that Glennon just likes the game of football too much, and Lovie hates that about him. Just look at all of Lovie’s QBs down in Chicago. Orton, Sexy Rexy, Cutler…Do any of these people seem like guys who would care about football to you? Nah. All they care about is booze, fornication and nothing, respectively. So if you were Lovie, who would you pick? The veteran jaded at being a career back-up, or the young upstart who had the full confidence of his coach from last year, and literally had the last guy kicked off the team for him to take the reigns?

This. This is the creepiest/funniest thing I’ve ever seen. The faces Glennon makes as he consumes the football…priceless. And I think they need to see what they have in Glennon. DON’T draft Winston. So many unnecessary distractions.